Spring is returning to the natural world. Warmth returns with the stretching of the daylight hours and life wakes. We feel the shift in the seasonal tide. Our bodies and spirit begin their shift even before our minds come aware. This month as the world renews, open your heart and embrace the transition to a better, improved new you.

The wheel of the year has turned moving us from the Cleansing Tide into the Growing Tide bringing expansion. With this tide comes an infusion of energy sparking new ideas and new relationships as it fosters progress and success making April a month of beginnings. Use this energy to create. Infuse all your work with its power with the focus of your intent. Now is the time to manifest whatever it is you want right now. Fix it in your mind and intent as you: make dinner, jog the block, clean your home. Just think of it as a message you are sending out into the Universe as you go about your work.

New Taurus Moon Tuesday, April 26 Taurus is a steady, reliable energy known as a builder that offers us a positive boost to roll up our sleeves and get the job done. Tuesday brims with the passion of Mars and when these two energies merge you get a day brimming with energy to spark new projects.

New Beginnings spellYou will need: 1 green candle (substitution: brown)a handful of seeds (any flower, vegetable, fruit or herb will work just do some research to align your desires with the seed's magical energies)1 eggshell1 piece of parchment or paper1 garden trowel

Gather your ingredients, prepare your space and take a cleansing bath. Return to your spell place and light your candle. Meditate until you have come to center. Set the paper before the candle and place the seeds upon the paper. Say,"Life and death, start to end,new beginnings, be my friend.”Crumb the eggshell over the seed.“As these tiny seeds grow tall and strong,good fortune flows into my life all the day long.For that which is, and that which shall be,as your blessings shower upon me.As I say, so mote it be!"."Carry the paper with the seeds, outside to a place suited for their growth. Dig a small hole with your garden spade and place the seeds in the hole. Cover with dirt and mind the seeds to help them grow knowing that as they prosper so shall you!

The structured Earthy energy of the Capricorn Moon can be used to master organization and gel plans.Cairn magick wish spell.A cairn is a pile of rocks that have been laid, or stacked, with intention. Go out for a walk. The spell can be worked alone or with a group. It uses the energy of the stones to build a wish. All you do is go to an area where there are stone to work with, pick one up and say your intent to it before you lay it down. Do this over and over, stacking the stones as you do.

When you find an existing cairn, it is customary to place a new stone on top of a Cairn when you come upon one and say, “Cuiridh mi clach air do charn” which means “I will put a stone on your cairn” and is often done in memory of a love one who has died.

A practitioner of Natural Magick works with the energies of the changing tides of the cosmos, or the tides of the year that shift at the Solstices and Equinoxes.

The Growing Tide from the Vernal Equinox to Midsummer (March - June)

The Harvesting Tide from Midsummer to the Autumn Equinox(June - September)

The Resting Tide from the Autumn Equinox to Yule(September - Yule)

The Cleansing Tide between Midwinter and the Vernal Equinox.(December - March)

The Full Libra moon on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 goes V/C at 2:19 pm but don't fret. The three day cycle of this April's full moon begins Monday, April 10. Monday is Moon day, a day of intuition, healing and psychic awareness. Libra is all about cooperation, social activities and partnership..Put these energies together and you get an awesome day or night to work spells for love, friendship, partnerships, peace, and fairness.Need some help on the relationship front? Take advantage of the energy present by working to mend a friendship or gel a partnership. Brew up some Harmony Now Powder to encourage friendship or end quarrel.

Harmony Now PowderYou will need::3 drops of Rose Oil5 drops of Sandalwood Oil7 drops of Lavender OilA handful of talcum powder1 tsp dried Chamomile FlowersCombine the ingredients and as you mix them, hum or sing a happy tune and visualize a warm light infusing the mix with magickal power as you stir. Continue until you feel that it is suitably empowered. Use whenever you need to invoke some harmony.

The night brims with the courageous warrior energy of Mars on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 as the moon enters Scorpio at 6:42 pmUnder Scorpio's influence the energy becomes clear offering sharp focus that can cut through the muck to see right into the heart of a matter.

Need to see the truth of a situation? Use this Show Me Spell to see a person's true intentions.

You will need: 1 rose (red or pink work the best)1 white candle1 yellow candle1 orange candlea personal belonging of the person in question (some hair, something they wrote, piece of their clothing or a photo will work)red string or yarna pen and a piece of paper

Write the person's full name on a piece of paper. Light your candles. Take the rose, and wrap the name and the personal item around the stem of the rose and tie with the red string or yarn. Meditate and when you are centered, take the rose, and start pulling off the petals from the outside in as you say,

"Reveal yourself!Before my eyes your glamour falls away,like these petals now fall on this day,your own true heart revealed for all see.So shall it be."

Pluck off each petal, repeating the rhyme. When a single petal remains, open your mind and as you pluck the petal from the rose, say,

"so shall the truth shall be revealed."

Draw a deep breath and breath it out over the naked rose. Keep safe until the spell has completed.If you have been brooding over some big decision the energy today is favorable for positive life change. Use this helpful spell when you must make a choice between different paths.

Right Decision SpellYou will need:1 yellow candleoil of BasilA piece of notebook paper for each option(write one possible choice on the header of each page)1 blue pen1 black pen

Anoint the candle. Ground and center and light the candle."By your power and by my right,grant me the gift of clear sightto see the value and know the truthso my feet find the path that's true."

On the first paper, take the blue pen and list all of the positive results the decision most likely will bring.When you have listed them all, turn it over and with the black pen list all of the possible negative results on the back.

Do this for each options. Fold each page twice in half and meditate on the options. When you are ready repeat, "By your guidance let me see the path that is best for me."Put the papers away until the next Full Moon then read again and make your decision.